Gifu, Gifu

Gifu is the capital of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, located 20 miles northwest of Nagoya, Aichi.

Persons who were born here

• Takahiro Aoki, NPB pitcher
• Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
• Shinji Iwata, NPB pitcher
• Yasuhiko Kawai, NPB catcher
• Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Nakahara, NPB pitcher and manager
• Daiki Tomei, NPB pitcher
• Kazuhiro Wada, NPB outfielder

Persons who died here

• Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
• Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
• Morimichi Takagi, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Educational institutions located here

• Gifu High School
• Gifu Higashi High School
• Gifu Shogyo High School
• Gifu Shotoku Gakuen High School
• Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
• Gifu Sogo Gakuen High School
• Gifu University
• Hashima Kita High School
• Tomita High School